Biatrial Myxoma Associated with Mitral Valve Lesion

Biatrial Myxoma Associated with Mitral Valve Lesion

Biatrial myxomas are extremely rare. By 1983, only eight successful removals of such tumors had been reported. We describe another such patient, who also had involvement of the mitral valve. Diagnostic aspects of echocardiography and a simple operative technique for the en bloc removal of both tumor...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Annals of thoracic surgery 1985-06, Vol.39 (6), p.563-565
Hauptverfasser: Yakirevich, V.S., Baliga, B.G., Sen, G., Ionescu, M.I.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography
Female
Heart Neoplasms - complications
Heart Neoplasms - surgery
Heart Valve Diseases - complications
Heart Valve Diseases - surgery
Humans
Middle Aged
Mitral Valve
Myxoma - complications
Myxoma - surgery
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Zusammenfassung:Biatrial myxomas are extremely rare. By 1983, only eight successful removals of such tumors had been reported. We describe another such patient, who also had involvement of the mitral valve. Diagnostic aspects of echocardiography and a simple operative technique for the en bloc removal of both tumors are discussed.
ISSN:0003-4975
1552-6259
DOI:10.1016/S0003-4975(10)61999-6